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two, or at most a five minutes 1 exertion, from which in ten 

 minutes he is perfectly recovered, and ready, nay eager, to 

 start again. In the case of the wild horse of the Pampas, 

 he is urged for two, three, or perhaps five hours to the 

 utmost distress for wind, as well as muscular fatigue ; he is 

 enlarged, — and in three or four days he is precisely the same 

 as if he had never been ridden. But in the case of the 

 English road -rider, though no spur is used, unfair advantage 

 is taken of the horse's impetuous freedom of nature ; his 

 sinews are strained ; his joints permanently stiffened ; he is 

 deprived at once and for ever of his elasticity and action, 

 and brought, prematurely a cripple, to the grave. 



THE END. 



